Mrs Sutcliffe, who lives at Pennine Close, said: “The Upsee has helped him get around more. He loves pushing his sister Lyla’s pram – he always wanted to do it, but obviously he was never able to.”

Miss Rambles, who now lives in Manchester, added: “Riley really looks up to his big sister and copies her, so when he can’t do the things she can he gets quite frustrated.

“If she’s playing with her toy kitchen he can’t reach the drawers because he can’t stand up.

“The Upsee has really helped them play together and go outside more.”

Riley was born at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital in March 2014.

Early years practitioner Mrs Sutcliffe says she knew from the very start that he was paralysed.

She said: “We knew there was something wrong with his legs because he didn’t seem to have any feeling in them.

“People told us he was just a late developer.”

Now Mrs Sutcliffe hopes to raise even more money to ensure that her grandson stays smiling.

She said: “I want to raise enough money to buy Riley soft play toys for his room.

“Right now he can only drag himself around and gets carpet burns on his hands and wrists.

“We want a place where he can play safely.”

Her latest event, ‘Riley’s Halloween Fundraiser’, will take place on Saturday at The Talbot at Milbourne Street in North Shore ,and will feature a DJ, tombola prizes, face-painting and a spooky fancy dress competition.